The Oologist. 



VOL. XV. NO. 7. 



ALBION, N. Y., JULY, 1898. 



Whole No. 140 



A Day With the Parulas. 



In the south western portion of 

 Rhode Island, close by the boundary of 

 Connecticut, and jn><t in sight of thu 



Lake. A more bt-auiiful spot is hard 

 to find. It is one rf those wilderness 

 like places which ii'wv the impression 

 (if being mi'es from civiliz ition. Two 

 ."iides iiietilltd in with tat gletl masses 



Nest of Parula Warbler. From Photo by F. J. B, Haversham. R. I. 



eastern en,1 of Long Island, is a small 

 post oflic^^ district which goes by the. 

 name of Haversham. It is a low lying 

 place facing the ocea'i and covered by 

 numerous small swamps and sloughs. 

 The tide pond in front is open to the 

 sea only by a narrow branch, in and 

 out through which the tide surges with 

 great rapidity. The east end of this 

 pond is styled Inonocontang, and four 

 miles back from its shore is Wauchog 



of cedar and alder growth, one end is 

 partially cleared off, and the remaining 

 side foriu.s a forest of tall Hornbeams. 

 It was to this lake that on June 1st I 

 directed my way in company with a 

 friend. The day was not particularly 

 fine, a strong north east wind wind 

 was churning up the surface of the lake 

 and every little while great drops of 

 rain splashed down. Securing one of 

 the fishing skiffs of the place we started 



